Who We Are

Rod McArdle

Senior Minister

Rod was appointed Senior Minister at Deep Creek in January 2007. Before coming to Deep Creek, he was on the staff team at Holy Trinity Doncaster. Prior to entering full-time church ministry, Rod held a number of senior executive positions in the resources and investment banking sectors.

Randle Bond

Young Families Minister

Randle is our Young Families Minister. He is married to Katie, has a son Hamish and daughter Holly. He has a background in the IT industry, studied at Ridley, was ordained in 2011 and has worked in a number of churches across Melbourne. He has a passion for seeing people’s lives transformed by the Gospel.

Susan Crooks

Children's Pastor & Admin

Susan looks the Children’s ministry at our church. She also looks after the administration in our office. Week to week she does a lot of key things to enable this place to run!

Dee Rutherford

Outreach Pastor

Dee is our Outreach Pastor. She is married to Dan, has two daughters Zoe & Marley and a son Archer. Dee oversees the outreach ministries of the church and deeply desires people to encounter Jesus.

Beck Mower

Prayer Ministry Co-ordinator

Beck has a passion for prayer and discipleship. She is currently back teaching full time after working part time to complete a Graduate Diploma of Divinity at Ridley Melbourne.

Michael Blümel

Youth & Young Adults Pastor

Michael Blümel is our Youth & Young Adults Pastor. He loves basketball and cricket. He comes to us with a wide range of experience and looks forward to the opportunity to reach out to youth in the area.